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Matrimonial Fraud Exposed: 53-Year-Old Conned Of Lakhs In Chhattisgarh
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News18•12-10-2026, 10:35
Matrimonial Fraud Exposed: 53-Year-Old Conned Of Lakhs In Chhattisgarh
- •Police in Janjgir-Champa arrested a five-member gang, including four women, for running a matrimonial fraud racket.
- •The 53-year-old victim, Resham Lal Sahu, was conned of Rs 5.65 lakh under various pretexts like medical emergencies and family deaths.
- •The fraudsters lured the victim through a matrimonial advertisement, with one accused posing as a government hospital nurse named Padma.
- •All five accused, residents of Rajnandgaon, were arrested and sent to jail following a verified police complaint.
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The police arrested five people, including four women, after busting a cyber fraud gang that conned a 53-year-old man named Resham Lal Sahu of Rs 5.65 lakh through a fake matrimonial advertisement.
A woman named Padma posed as a nurse at a government hospital in Mahasamund, built a relationship with Sahu via a matrimonial advertisement, and extorted money on various pretexts such as medical treatment, accidents, and her mother's death.
After the complaint was verified and a case was registered at the cyber police station under crime number 10/26, all five accused residents of the Rajnandgaon region were produced in court and sent to jail.
